Traveling-case for bicycles



Patented July 3, 1894.

w zslii b vtical transverse section of the same.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EMERY ANDREWS, OF KENNEBUNK, MAINE.

TRAVELING-CASE FOR BICY CLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,186, dated .Tuly 3,1894.

Application filed July 11, 1893. Serial No.480fl03- No model.)

To all whom, it mayconcern:

Be it known that I, EMERY ANDREWS, of Kennebunk, in thecounty of Yorkand State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Traveling-Case forBicycles, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to a traveling case to be attached to and carriedby a bicycle for the purpose of transportingachange of cloth-v ing or,any ne'edful articles of toilet or other purposes and it consists incertain novel features of construction, arrangement and combination ofparts, which will be readily understood by reference to the descriptionof the accompanying drawings and to the claims at the end of thisspecification, in which my invention is clearly pointed out.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of'my improved bicyclecase as it appears when attached to the bicycle, portions of the bicycleframe to which it is attached being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is aver- Fig. 3 represents a plan of the blank from which the main body ofthe case is made with the lines of fold indicated thereon by dottedlines, and also illustrates by the aid of two special dotted lines aslightly modified form of' the blank. Figs. 4 and 5 representrectangular pieces of material to be used to form the ends of the casein connection with the modified blank indicated by the two specialdotted lines on Fig. 3, and Fig. 6, is aplan of the blank from which thehinged door of the case is formed, the dotted lines thereon indicatingthe lines of fold upon which the material is to be bent to form the dooror cover.

Bicycle riding has come to be very fashionable with a large proportionof the people, and is almost the only means of conveyance employed bymany, butthere has been a serious lack of convenience for carrying anyextra clothing or other luggage such as is re quired when taking longjourneys, until quite recently some one has made a thin case from strawboard covered with canvas, to be carried in the trapezoidal shapedopening between the seat supportingrod, the steering fork supportingbearing and the upper and lower rods connecting said uprights. This hasproved to be a great convenience, but was found to be objectionable, onaccount of the canvas covering catching and holding the dust, and it wasalso found not to be'very durable unless made ofvery heavy board as Toobviate these objections I make the case of leather board, the main bodythereof comprising the top, bottom two ends, the whole of one side andabout half of the other side from a single piece of material asillustrated in the drawings, in which- A is the blank out to the formshown in Fig. 3 in which a represents one vertical side,a' the top, athe bottom, a and a the two ends,

and a the lower portion of the other side. The

blank is cut to the outline shown byfull lines including the scores b bb and b and the slits o and o. The blank is then bent along the lines 1,1', 2, 2', 3, 3', 4, 4:, 5v and 6, the

a foundation to receive the, canvas covering.

end flaps a and a being first bent at right 1 angles to the side a, thetop a is then bent at right angles to said side, the end portions ofsaid top are then bent at right angles thereto and riveted to the ends aand a", the blank is then bent along the line 2 to bring the bottom a atright angles to the side a, when the portions outside of the lines 4 and4: are bent along said lines at right angles to the bottom a and areriveted to the end pieces a and a*, the side a is then bent intoposition at a right angles to the bottom a and parallel to the side aand the flap outside of the line 6 is bent along said line, at rightanglesto said side a and is riveted to the end a when the main body ofthe case is complete having a. rectangular opening along the upper partof the right hand side to permit access to the interior. This opening isclosed by the door or cover B which is formed from a single rectangularpiece of material having two short slits d dformed in one edge thereofas shown in Fig. 6. The portions of said blank outside of the dottedlines 7, 8, and 8, are bent at right angles to the main body thereof andthe parts a e are then bent into contact with and riveted to the flangef.

The edgeg of the cover B has riveted thereto one edge of a strip ofstrong but flexible leather the other edge of which is riveted tothe'upper edge of the side 0. of the body of IOC the case said leatherstrip serving as a hinge connecting the door or cover to the body of thecase. The flanged upper edge and the two ends of said door project intothe interior of the body of the case forthe purpose of the moreeffectually excluding the dust from the interior of the case, and issecured, in closed position, by means of the leather straps h, h, eachsecured by one end to the top a. of the main body of the case andconnected at its other end to a buckle z', secured to the outer face ofthe door or cover B as shown in Fig. 1. The top a also has securedthereto the hinged metal plate 3', having a slot formed therein, toengage the staple it set in the door or cover, through which is passedthe loop of the padlock Zas shown. The body of the case also has rivetedthereto the series of leather straps m, mm, 92 and 0, by which it issecured in position in the opening between the rods 0, D, E and F of thebicycle frame shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the straps m on beingbuckled around the rod 0, the straps n, n, around the rod D and thestrap 0 around the rod E.

In some cases in order to utilize some of the waste pieces of stock andcut the blank A from a smaller piece of material I omit from the blank Athe portions of the ends a and a, which are outside of the dotted lines9 and 10, and form the ends of the case, from the plain flat rectangularpieces a and (1 shown in Figs. 4: and 5 respectively, by riveting themto the flanges formed upon the ends of the top, bottom and two sideportions of said blank, after said portions have been bent as beforedescribed.

The material preferably employed in manufacturing this case isleatherboard of a fine quality having a hard smooth surface which may becolored to suit, and rendered waterproof, and which may be easily keptclean.

The body of the case has secured in its two upper corners the blocks ofwood or any other suitable material 0, r, to serve as stops to limit theinward movement of the upper edge of the door or cover B as shown inFig. 2.

In some cases the case may be made of leather cut and bent as hereindescribed in which the parts may be secured together by sewing insteadof riveting if desired.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States,is

1. A traveling case for bicycles having its main body formed from ablank cut to the outline shown and described, and having the slits c andc and folded or bent on the lines 1, 1, 2, 2', 3, 334,4, 5 and 6, andsecured together, in combination with a door or cover made from a singlerectangular piece of material provided with the slits d, d, by foldingor bending said blank along the lines 7, 8, and 8, said door or coverbeing hinged atits unflanged edge to the body of the case by a strip ofleather or other tough flexible material, riveted along one edge to saiddoor or cover and along its other edge to said body.

2. The combination in a traveling case for bicycles of the main body ofsaid case formed from a sin gle. piece of material cut to the outlineshown and described, and having the slits c and c, and folded or bentand secured together as set forth; a door or cover made from a singlerectangular piece of material provided with the slits (Z (Z, and havingflanges bent on three sides thereof and secured together as described; astrip of tough flexible material secured along one edge to said mainbody and along its other edge to the unflanged edge of said door orcover; and means having provision for securing said door or cover inclosed position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 5th day of July, A. D.1893.

' EMERY ANDREWS. \Vitnesses:

N. C. LOMBARD, W ALTER E. LOMBARD.

